SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A federal grand jury has indicted a Sacramento man on charges of receiving child sexual abuse material.
The United States Department of Justice says that 38-year-old Raymond Fetzer of Sacramento faces a single count of receipt of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to U.S. Attorney Eric Grant.
The indictment was unsealed Wednesday following Fetzer’s arrest.
Court documents reveal that Fetzer received child sexual abuse material downloaded from the internet between April 16, 2024, and March 2, 2026.
The investigation was conducted by the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit of the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Sokolich is prosecuting the case.
If convicted, Fetzer faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison with a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years and a $250,000 fine.
Any sentence would be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of applicable statutory factors and the federal Sentencing Guidelines.
The charges are only allegations, and Fetzer is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood brings together federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute those who sexually exploit children and to identify and rescue victims.